Truth (?), n.; pl.
Truths (#). [OE. treuthe, trouthe,
treowpe, AS. treów&?;. See True; cf.
Troth, Betroth.] 1. The quality or being
true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact
accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.
(b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close
correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the
like.
Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the
ironwork.
Mortimer.
(c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness;
faithfulness.
Alas! they had been friends in youth,
But whispering tongues can poison truth.
Coleridge.
(d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom
from falsehood; veracity.
If this will not suffice, it must appear
That malice bears down truth.
Shak.
2. That which is true or certain concerning any
matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things;
fact; verity; reality.
Speak ye every man the truth to his
neighbor.
Zech. viii. 16.
I long to know the truth here of at
large.
Shak.
The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a
legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly
material.
Coleridge.
3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement
or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the
great truths of morals.
Even so our boasting . . . is found a
truth.
2 Cor. vii. 14.
4. Righteousness; true religion.
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John i. 17.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is
truth.
John xvii. 17.
In truth, in reality; in fact. -- Of
a truth, in reality; certainly. -- To do
truth, to practice what God commands.
He that doeth truth cometh to the light.
John iii. 21.
Truth, v. t. To assert as true; to
declare. [R.]
Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have
truthed it heaven.
Ford.
Truth (?), n.; pl.
Truths (#). [OE. treuthe, trouthe,
treowpe, AS. treów&?;. See True; cf.
Troth, Betroth.] 1. The quality or being
true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact
accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.
(b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close
correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the
like.
Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the
ironwork.
Mortimer.
(c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness;
faithfulness.
Alas! they had been friends in youth,
But whispering tongues can poison truth.
Coleridge.
(d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom
from falsehood; veracity.
If this will not suffice, it must appear
That malice bears down truth.
Shak.
2. That which is true or certain concerning any
matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things;
fact; verity; reality.
Speak ye every man the truth to his
neighbor.
Zech. viii. 16.
I long to know the truth here of at
large.
Shak.
The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a
legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly
material.
Coleridge.
3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement
or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the
great truths of morals.
Even so our boasting . . . is found a
truth.
2 Cor. vii. 14.
4. Righteousness; true religion.
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John i. 17.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is
truth.
John xvii. 17.
In truth, in reality; in fact. -- Of
a truth, in reality; certainly. -- To do
truth, to practice what God commands.
He that doeth truth cometh to the light.
John iii. 21.
Truth, v. t. To assert as true; to
declare. [R.]
Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have
truthed it heaven.
Ford.
